Paving block and slab made of rubber compound



Patented Sept. 24, 1929 EDMOND DRAULLETTE, F PARIS, FRANCE PAVING- BLOCK AND SLAB MADE 0F RUBBER COMPOUND Original application filed January 4, 1924, Serial No. 684,446. Divided and this application led March 5, 1926. Serial No. 92,612.

This application is a division of application No. 684,446 filed January 4, 1924.

Numerous types of rubber pavingblocksA side, a layer constituted by a hardened mixture enclosing a wire gauze and a few cramps and by vulcanizing the whole for shaping blocks which are usually laid on a layer of cement or mortar newly spread upon a concrete bed in which the metallic cramps are driven for holding the paving blocks therein.

Small rubber plates are also formed having, on the under side, dovetail projections, these small rubber plates being usually placed on the wood paving, which is accordingly grooved for receiving the dovetail projections,A or on a cement bed newly prepared.

Rubber plates are secured, by any adhesive means,.on blocks made of wood, brick or other materials. v

Blocks the upper layer of which is made of vulcanized rubber, have also been proposed and the remainder isvcomposed of a mixture the main ingredient of which is sand.

This mixture comprises, alone or in combination: stones, granite, natural or baked clay, sand, cement,'clinker, rock, fibrous or ligneous materials, leather, iron filings, generally speaking .any animal, vegetable or mineral substance to which is addedany kind of rubber, filling materials (organic or inorganic) or residues of petroleum. The whole is mixed with india rubber latex and if necessary with a suitable binding material and finally the mixture is compressed into the shape of blocks which are vulcanized as they are or covered with a layer of rubber.

All these processes and products show after experiments concerning wear, that rubber is the best of the paving materials used up to this day, but that it presents complications as far as the manufacture is concerned, that the cost price is very high and that, particularly, nobody has found a practical and strong means for securing the rubber paving block on the ground covered with concrete.

The most important problem to be actually solved consists therefore in securing the rubber paving block on the foundation in such a manner that the securing means resists to the stresses and pulling strains produced by heavy vehicles running at high speed.

This invention relates to improvements in paving and flagging made of rubber compound and is adapted to avoid or attenuate the above mentioned inconveniences.

It particularly consists in a process of manufacture of paving blocks and slabs or flags made of a composition formed of manufactured rubber waste and a mineral mixture,

the latter having the property of suitably securing the paving blocks or slabs to the foundation.

The process of manufacture of paving blocks and slabs or flags consists especially in making, by moulding and by vulcanization under pressure, a tile, a brick or a flag, by v using a composition made of natural or artifi- .cial rubber or similar products, preferably manufactured rubber waste, such as air tubes, covers, tyres, mats, etc., mixed in a h ot condition with residues resulting from the treatment and purificationl of vegetal, animal or mineral fatty bodies and by incorporating in this composition, by passage between the mixing cylinders, sulphur of supervulcanization and a mineral mixture comprising sand, lime, cement, gravel, porphyry, sandstone powder,

etc., alone or suitably mixed and capable of intimately binding with an intermediate layer of mortar or cement for securing the block to the foundation, and if necessary becoming united at its upper surface with a layer of composition containing a better quality of rubber.

The said block, being formed in a mould `in layers containing progressively diminishing quantities of the mineral mixture is subsequently vulcanized under pressure. It can also, before or after vulcanization, be filled, in its cavities, with mortar or cement, forming an outer binding layer, and be applied, fresh or dry on the binding bed of the foundation or on bricks or agglomerates for forming cement, gravel, etc.

Figure 3 illustrates the same paving block the cavities of which are filled with -mortar or cement.

Figures 4 and 5 show the same paving block filled with mortar or cement forming an outer layer.

Figure 6 illustrates a plate made of manufactured rubber waste, anda mineral mixture, this plate being connected by a mortar or a cement, to a brick or an agglomerate, for forming together a paving block.

In the drawing, 1 designates a tile, plate, flag or brick constituted, by moulding and vulcanization under pressure, by a plastic and resilient composition made with manufactured rubber waste and residues of various fatty bod-ies and in which a mineral mixture has been incorporated at2.

This composition mainly comprises:

`Waste from air tubes, covers, mats land thelike, cut up to pieces or rasped 20 to 40% Waste from solid tyres or thelike,

cut up to pieces or rasped to 25% `Residue resulting from the treatment or purification of mineral, vegetal or animal fatt bodies which are to be easily ound on the market 15 to 35% The mass is heated to 120 to 150 C. in a mixer for causing thewaste to again become plastic through the medium ofthe residue of the fatty body. f l In th paste or pulp thus,obtainedis incorporated, by passage.,be,tween-the mixing cylinders, sulphur ofsupervulcanization and a mineral mixture in t ties: l* l 1e following quantil 55' Plastic body having the above indicated composition v25 to 75% Mineral mixture (sand, lime, ce-

ment, gravel, porphyry, sandstone powder, etc.) alone or mixed together 70 to 10% p, are placed in a mould adapted to shape the paving block, care being taken to arrange at the bottom which is provided with the cavities and grooves 3 and 4, sheets containing the -greatest quantity of mineral mixture, preferably formed of large grains, then sheets ,containing .a progressively less quantity of mineral mixture and formed of finer grains and, if necessary, a layer of rubber compound of a better quality.

' Finally, the filled up mould is placed during 1() to 3() minutes under a press heated to a temperature of 150 to 175o C. land compressing the contents with a pressure of 30 to 75 kilograms per square centimeter.

After the treatment, the blocks are'removed from the mould.

in the blocks obtained, the mineral mixture 2 comes to the exterior and forms an, adhesive surface which firmly binds with the mortar or cement of the intermediate layer serving as a connection between the above described compound plate or paving block 1 and the bed of concrete, or the brick or an agglomerate completing the block.

The upper part of the plate 1 can,- if necessary, be formed of a layer of composition of a better quality and its surface can be smooth, striated or rough according to the applica! tions and the result to be obtained.

The lower part of the plate 1 is provided with cavities 3, grooves 4, or With rough` vridges for.the purpose of increasing the surpart which perfectly binds with an upper layer made of rubber or similar material and, 011 the other hand, through the mineral particles of the mixture coming to the exterior, forms a sufficient hold with the mortar or cement of the foundation for suitably secur ing the blocks in position.

These tiles, plates, flags, slabs, bricks, manuu-factured as above stated can be directly used forroad paving, fiagging of pavements, tiling of floors and in various constructions.

In this case, the mortar or.cement is applied With a trowel on the lower surface of t-he plate, so as to fill up the cavities or grooves of the same, either to the level of the surface, as shown in Fig. 3, or by forming a layer entirely covering the surface, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and the filled up plate is then laid on the bed of concrete newly prepared.

The mortar or cement serves as a connection between the parts of the incorporated mineral mixture which comes to the surface los ,V26 so as to form single blocks, See

of the plate or pavingblock 1, and the concrete bed of the foundation. l v

The cavities 3 and grooves' 4 can alsobe filledv up with mortar or cement, or the lower surface may be covered.' with the latter so as to form a -comparativel ftliin layer 5, as shown in Figs. 3,l 4, 5. hus, after drying, adhesive paving blocks are obtained which it suices to lay on a freshv layer of mortar or cement, spread over the concrete bed, for suitably securing the said blocks to the foundation. 'f

` It is to be understood that blocks composed of 'the layers 1 and 5 already assembled can be subjected to vulcanization.

Finally, it is possible to apply, through the medium of a layer 5 of mortar or cement, the same plates 1 upon bricks or a glomerates .6 ig. 6,'which it suices to lay on the newly prepared concrete bed for obtaining a good paving. o

' What I claim as my invention and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent is: y 25 1. A paving block comprising a plurality of layers of a mass contammg a plastic composition of rubbery material and a mineral admxture or filler comprising comminuted rock-like material to form a unitary slab, 30 each layer differing from the others in re-v spect to the quantity and size of mineral filler therein, the layers being so arran d with i'espect to the quantity and size of -ller therein that the top layercontans the smallest quan- 35 tity and the smallest particles of filler and the vottom layer the largest quantity and the largest particles, to form a bindin or adhe sive means between the block and t e mortar or `cement layer or the bed of concrete. 2. A paving block comprising the block defined in claim 1 united to an under-layer of mortar or cement.

3. A paving block eomprisin the block defined in claim 1 secured to brixs or agglomcrates and ready to be laid on a suitably pre- 5 pared foundation.

In-testimony whereof I aix my signature.

' 'EDMOND DRAULLETTE. 

